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稀里哗啦

xī li huā lā

4-character word Traditional 稀里嘩啦

What 稀里哗啦 means

1. onomatopoeiachaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc)
2. smashed to pieces; completely routed

The characters in 稀里哗啦

• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 哗huáclamor; noise; (bound form) sound used to call cats
• 啦lā(onomatopoeia) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat

Sounds the same

Read xī li huā lā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 稀哩哗啦variant of 稀里哗啦
• 唏哩哗啦variant of 稀里哗啦
• 唏里哗啦variant of 稀里哗啦